The Use of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents in Intensive Care

摘要: Patients undergoing treatment on an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) may require as one component of their management a period artificial ventilation the lungs. Being intubated and having controlled is traumatic experience great majority patients therefore sedation. Specific sedative agents, e. g. benzodiazepines, are useful in order to reduce anxiety make patient sleep. In addition, specific analgesic agents often required members opioid family commonly prescribed for this purpose. These latter also possess other desirable properties, including respiratory depression The use or combination these therefore, important actual choice matter personal preference, requirements unit policy.